The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-15
KCcxNrxIC MN. A RErr.
His PeesIiar Wsys sod Talk Cosnmeus
I'm wall Street and Elsewhere.

ltlC ubAD usihai buIE VI lbUtft trAFftIJ
on Sunday and his immediate o clusion il
his country home near Baltimore, in con-
nection with his eccentric actions in this
sation in Wall street yesterday. A meet
Ohio railroad is TO be held OF Wednesday.
and the annual election will take place on
November u.
These meetings require the attendance
Of the president and partly explain Mr..
CARROTS return from Europe and perhaps
his departure for Baltimore. His annual
report ~ president has not been prepared,
ii is understood, and as Mr.. Garrett will
probably retire from the active manages
ment OF the railroad company at the an-
nual meeting, it IL regarded rs an evil
dence of natural interest on his part that
he should wish 20 return to Baltimore at
the earliest possible moment.
A SURPRISE TO MR.. GARRETT.
There is reason TO believe that Mr.. Gar.
rett was greatly surprised on his arrival
from Europe on Friday TO learn that the
Baltimore q Ohio telegraph lines had been
sold and delivered TO the Western Union
company within twenty-four hours of his
landing. Although he had placed the
management Of the railroad company in
the hands OF y powerful syndicate, and, in
fact, was fully informed OF the progress of
the negotiations about the sale of the aux
Hilary companies, Mr.. Garrett was evil
IDENTITY of the opinion that undue haste
had been made in concluding the great
telegraph deal.
Soon after his arrival, Mr.. Garrett was
in consultation with his principal subor-
dinatcs, from whom he must have learned
the fncts Of the sale and actual tnnsfcr Of
the telegraph property. His statements
later in the day that he had not signed
any papers may have been susceptible of
a double meaning, but they formed the
groundwork for q newspaper story which
aroused brief doubt about the legality Of
the sale. The official statements in be-
hall OF the syndicate and the Western
Union company proved that his u~iterances
were inspired by personal disappointment
or something still more serious.
II il worthy OF notice, perhaps, that sIr.
Garrett did not visit the members Of the
syndicate in whose hands he had placed
his affairs, and that some Of his friends
tired to avoid such n meeting. II is not
impossible that he sought a conference
with either j. Pcrpont Morgan or Jay
Gould, but that they were prc-warned.
Mr.. tiarrctts eccentric actions prevented
any sober discussion OF business matters
with him, and ON Sunday his friends were
anxious chiefly 10 remove him from The
excitement into which he had been thrown.
" was only by a siraiagcm, however, that
they succeeded In getting him ON board a
train for baltimore. A good many stories
about him wec reported in Wall street
yesterday. IL was related that he said OF
his future plans
lam goingto pay the debisof the Prince
Wales, who will come over here and
run The B%aitnnare 4 Ohio nilroaL, which
! have given him. have bought a palace
IN Mexico. and ] am going down there 10
manage that country"
IL was said, ulso, that hc scnt for Robert
stewart, who ttsed 10 he manager of his
telegraph lines, n IL now in the employ
OF The Western Union company. aud that
when MIR; StewIri entered his room at the
Brevo0rt house Mr.. Garrett seized him by
lho coat collar with both hands and,
to some one ,o iock the door. said
10 hinr
Jay Gould has been following ms for
Iour y,cans; and nihavc been helping him
10 do H. III settle with YOU now"
a friend, who has known Robert Garrett
childhood, aid Yesterday
81 confess that ] do not know whether
his mind IL unsettled or not. We hon.
hat rEt and quiet will Soon rrs.or him 10
lcaIu. lie X young vet, and poSsc.scs u
'trong constitution. lie Is only thirty
Inc ycan old, and for q long time has
ovcrworkrd. N rs prudent tina, n.
'hould bc taken out Of tho excitement
shich has recently surrounded hin, and
10 allowed TO recover his mental c1uili-
] RAW him on SUNDAY. md nj
iinps he was perfectly rational but later
u the day his isk and actions wcr, such
Il 10 excite y doubt in nay mind about his
mental condition"
To show that Mr.. Garrett had bccn sph-
cci "a violent alterations for several yeap.
witness of the occurrence said that when
lay Gould occupied the offices at No. no
Broadway. Mr.. Garrett came in one day
gnsPing Mr.. Gould by the hand, ex.
laimcd:
81 congratulate you on being pr-idcpt
the New York Central nilruad; I have
lnplc You president oi tina, great corpora.
The sequel wins @ecn ON the newt
lay nccpniing ,o the story. when Mr.. Gnr.
cit scnt n request "a Jaw Gould 10 carry
90 shares Of New York Central stock
hich hc lad bought. That wis nj a
inc when the Baltimorr 4 Ohio Ind some
,a'spn 10 complain ii the ariion Of The
York Central IN rrgird a. rates. The
lury n'mindcd some persons in Wall
met OF the circumstances attending IA,
ndl'n death of William II. Vanderbilt.
a gentleman whose position il hivh In
wv
u lear that Mr.. Garrett IL insanc. saw
hiHy q telegram irOm u gentleman who
w uarn'tt IN Baltimore and who trl.
sraphrd on here that he WIS insane. An.
lhcr gentleman who saw Mr.. Garrett be.
nv he lett tho city says that he LA.
~ The control Of his mental facnltics
Ic heard him talk and inlkcd with him
"a Nlf. tfnrrctt did not do much dnnking
lille lac was with him"
Z cannot Mr. CARROTS actions aud
orA lc explained OH a theory Of conyiy.
indnlprncvy' was suggested.
NO, lear not, was the reply. 'Fpm
U ! h"iT AMI know n looks like the oihe,
] believe that Mr.. Garprtt's condi.
pn was aggravated hy the worry and any.
~ that brsci him nj the time lac wcnt IN
" syndicate for help"
ThuSc pcrsunr who sought to explain An.
'ndiliun 81 Mr. Garrett In the m1sl favor.
Nc light r%,callcl Chauncry ". Dcpewis
marks on his return iram Europc ON Son.
mbcr -. when he zid.
~, met Mr.. Garrett NJ Hamburg.
" him just I~'nrNioir a. the announce.
rni 81 the Drxcl-AIogin negotiations
! The Sl0.0lO,OOO loan. lie wns IN hivb
lriiS, invariably So-cycn cxhilamicd-
II took n most r~y view NJ the condition
,Hiirnad properties IN the United State.
q oi The prospects ~ the baltimore a
no. l!e did not seem 10 have a care in